Mokhtar Dahari Academy director Lim Teong Kim fires back at former national coach B. Satiananthan for the latter’s “sweeping” claims, stressing a pathway must be created for youth players once they leave the academy.

Senior coach B. Satiananthan says states have in the past produced youngsters for national teams and it is expected of the best players nationwide training daily at the Mokhtar Dahari Academy to form the bulk of the national Under-19 team.

Lim Teong Kim says latest call-up of 12 Mokhtar Dahari Academy players to Under-19 national team shows the National Football Development Programme is on track to creating a large pool of talents for the national team, silencing those who have been critical of the programme.